File #: 19-383    Version: 1
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/12/2019 In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
On agenda: 4/17/2019 Final action:
Title: Conduct the public hearing to consider a request for a conditional use for a massage establishment for the subject property located at 1112 S. Washington Street (Soma Sage Health and Healing) - PZC 19-1-025
Attachments: 1. Application, 2. Location Map, 3. Legal Description, 4. Use Letter, 5. Standards, 6. Floor Plan, 7. Public Comment-Letters of Support Redacted, 8. Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Letter of No Objection
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM

ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a request for a conditional use for a massage establishment for the subject property located at 1112 S. Washington Street (Soma Sage Health and Healing) - PZC 19-1-025

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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development

SUBMITTED BY: Scott Williams, AICP

BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-025 was published in the Daily Herald on April 1, 2019.

BACKGROUND:
The petitioner, Nikole Clay of Soma Sage Health and Healing, is requesting approval of a conditional use for a Massage Establishment. The 563 square-foot tenant space is located on the lower level of an existing 42,680 square-foot mainly medical and business office building.

The subject property is located on the north side of Washington Street, near the intersection of Olympus Drive and Washington Street with a common address of 1112 S. Washington Street. The lot is zoned OCI (Office, Commercial, Institutional) and Suite 10 is currently occupied by the petitioner. Originally, the petitioner moved into the space and applied for a simple occupancy permit. Through the review process planning staff notified the business owner that a conditional use was required before the occupancy permit could be issued.

The East Sector Plan (1998) identifies the future land use of the subject property as Office/Research & Development; the tenant is compatible with this designation.

DISCUSSION:
Conditional Use for a Massage Establishment
Per Section 6-7F-3 of the Municipal Code (OCI District: Conditional Uses), a massage establishment is a conditional use in the OCI zoning district. Suite 10 is generally accessed from the lower lobby entrance and is located on the bottom floor as depicted on the floor plan.

There are no exterior changes or modifications proposed to the building. The petitioner's tenant space meets the required building and life safety co...

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